Wed. 02/17 - How Perseverance Could Pave the Way for Humans on Mars

<p><strong><em>A historical defense of arranging book collections by color. Scientists have sequenced the oldest DNA ever found and made some </em>mammoth<em> discoveries in the process. And NASA’s Perseverance rover is set to touch down on Mars tomorrow––some background on one experiment it will be running that could set the stage for human travel to the red planet.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>OurCrowd, <a href="http://ourcrowd.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ourcrowd.com/kottke</a></li><li>Skillshare, Get a free trial of Premium Membership at <a href="http://skillshare.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">skillshare.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.bookhistoria.com/blog/no-mere-foppery-a-defense-of-rainbow-bookshelves" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">No Mere Foppery: A Defense of Rainbow Bookshelves</a> (Book Historia)</li><li><a href="https://lithub.com/announcing-the-fifth-annual-honey-wax-book-collecting-prize/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Announcing the fifth annual Honey &amp; Wax Book Collecting Prize.</a> (Literary Hub)</li><li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/million-year-old-mammoth-teeth-contain-oldest-dna-ever-1846287115" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Million-Year-Old Mammoth Teeth Contain Oldest DNA Ever Found</a> (Gizmodo)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/science/DNA-mammoth.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Million-Year-Old DNA Rewrites the Mammoth Family Tree</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-sequenced-mammoth-dna-that-s-over-a-million-years-old" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scientists Have Sequenced Mammoth DNA That's Over a Million Years Old</a> (Science Alert)</li><li><a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Watch Online: Mars Landing</a> (NASA)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.space.com/perseverance-mars-rov